Born near North Cleveland: 27 famous people within 35 miles
Jason Grimsley, born in Cleveland, 2 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Chad Hedrick, with articles in 24 languages. No famous person’s birth in North Cleveland is on record yet. The longest list of any town in Texas belongs to Beaumont, with 63.
What stands out about North Cleveland’s famous people
Famous people born near North Cleveland
The 27 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.



William Franklin Blair
1912–1984U.S. herpetologist and mammalogist
James Sykes
born 1954American player of American and Canadian football



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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Cleveland counts 2 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is North Cleveland and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- Chad Hedrick: McSmit, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Edwards: Original: Box Repsol / Derivative work: Danyele, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James E. Gunn: ServiceAT, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Beckett: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Price Daniel: MLK Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Garrett Gerloff: Jearle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons